Also listed on Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 23, 2022 (Maranon Capital, L.P.).
Term ends Jun 8, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 8, 2027
Held by Mop-Cloyes, Inc.
Filed Oct 29, 2012 as application 13/663,067 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2007
Jun 8, 2007
Term ends
Jun 8, 2027
Jun 8, 2027
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,297,246, to Jun 8, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 8, 2007, when application 11/811,187, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2012) | Jun 8, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,297,246) | resolves to Jun 8, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 8, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,845,320 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,297,246 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,863,711 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2013 Reel 29887, frame 163 | Allen, Timothy R. | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 Reel 33727, frame 269 | Allen, Timothy R. | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Section: Typographical Error in Spelling of City Previously Recorded on Reel 029887 Frame 0163. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 20, 2014 Reel 34024, frame 217 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 42178, frame 504 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Agent | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 034024/0217 |
| Jun 8, 2017 Reel 42734, frame 1 | American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.; Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.; Grede LLC; Grede II LLC; Metaldyne, LLC; Metaldyne BSM, LLC; MSP Industries Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2018 Reel 45845, frame 469 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2018 Reel 46410, frame 539 | HH-Cloyes, Inc. | LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2018 Reel 47254, frame 45 | Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc. | HH-Cloyes, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2022 Reel 59232, frame 1 | LBC Credit Agency Services, LLC, as Agent | HH-Cloyes, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2022 Reel 59313, frame 774 | HH-Cloyes, Inc. | Mop-Cloyes, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 23, 2022 Reel 59080, frame 275 | Mop-Cloyes, Inc. | Maranon Capital, L.p. | Security Interest |
| May 1, 2026 Reel 74541, frame 444 | Mop-Cloyes, Inc.; Automotive Tensioners, Inc.; Rotomaster Can Holdings ULC | Midcap Financial Trust, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 1, 2026 Reel 74545, frame 887 | Eldridge Credit Advisers, LLC | Mop-Cloyes, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 8, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,297,246, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.